Sardine AI, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of an AI risk platform for fraud, compliance, and credit underwriting, raised $70M in Series C funding.
The round was led by Activant Capital, with participation from new and existing investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Nyca Partners, Google Ventures, Geodesic Capital, Cross Creek Capital, Moody’s Analytics, Experian Ventures, and NAventures, bringing the total capital raised to $145M.
Led by CEO Soups Ranjan, Sardine is an AI risk platform for fraud prevention, compliance, and credit underwriting, used by enterprises in over 70 countries. Using device intelligence, behavior biometrics, and machine learning, Sardine aims to stop fraud in real time, streamlines compliance, and unifies data across risk teams. The company is expanding its AI risk platform with a suite of intelligent agents designed to streamline fraud and compliance operations, reduce manual workloads, and cut costs for financial institutions. These AI agents automate critical investigation and compliance processes, allowing risk teams to focus on complex cases while ensuring accuracy and regulatory compliance.
Today, more than 300 enterprises, including FIS, Ascensus, Deel, GoDaddy, and X, use it to prevent fraud, stop money laundering, and streamline risk operations.
The company intends to use the funds to advance its:
- KYC Onboarding Agent
- Sanctions Screening Agent
- Merchant Risk Agent.
- Disputes Agent.
FinSMEs
11/02/2025